Electrospun nanofiber mats for evanescent optical fiber sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 569-576

  Urrutia, Aitor ^a   Goicoechea, Javier ^a   Rivero, Pedro J ^a   Matías, Ignacio R ^a   Arregui, Francisco J ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Evanescent optical fiber sensors; Humidity sensing; Optical response; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SWELLING;

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HUMAN BREATHING; HUMIDITY SENSING; INITIAL CONDITIONS; OPTICAL FIBER CORES; OPTICAL RESPONSE; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; RECOVERY TIME;

FIBERS;

EID: 84875420010     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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